The Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) was awarded $800,000 under the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5's State and Tribal Response Program Grants to support Indiana's Brownfields Response Program through September 2022. The CFDA 66.817 program aims to help states establish effective response programs to assess, clean up, and redevelop contaminated brownfield sites. With this funding, IFA will maintain staff and public awareness efforts to inventory brownfield sites statewide and oversee...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $2 million cooperative agreement to the Indiana Finance Authority under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support brownfields assessment and cleanup planning activities in five Indiana cities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Specifically, the Indiana Finance Authority will inventory, characterize, and assess at least 23...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $975,000 Cooperative Agreement to the City of Indianapolis under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). Through this 4-year award, the City will conduct brownfield remediation activities in Indianapolis, Indiana as authorized by CERCLA Section 104(k)(3). Specifically, the City will clean up one or more brownfield sites, procure qualified environmental...
The Indiana Finance Authority will receive $1.64 million through September 2023 under an Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant for the State and Tribal Response Program. The grant will fund the Authority's RESPONSE program, which includes surveying and inventorying brownfield sites, oversight and enforcement to ensure cleanup protects health and the environment, and public involvement mechanisms. The program aims to assist in remediating and redeveloping brownfield properties...
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) received a $130,500 one-year Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 to support activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Superfund program. The grant funding will allow IDEM to conduct response program activities from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 that are not assignable to specific Superfund sites but provide overall support to Indiana's CERCLA...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809). The grant funds non-site-specific activities that support IDEM's implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) program in Indiana. Eligible activities include program management, cooperative...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Indiana Department of Environmental Management $157,424 under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.802) for the period of April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023. The award will fund all of IDEM's remedial support activities for the Superfund program in Indiana after site assessments are complete. This includes providing non-National Priorities List...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $781,924 Project Grant under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). The purpose of this award is to enhance IEPA's capacity to conduct brownfields response activities, including site inventory, environmental assessments, cleanup oversight, and public outreach throughout the state of Illinois. Under this grant, IEPA plans to perform 4-10...
This $1,500,000 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.818) awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 will provide funding to the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) to conduct eligible brownfield assessment-related activities in Indiana. Specifically, this agreement will fund MACOG to inventory, characterize, assess, and perform cleanup planning and community involvement activities across brownfield...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), will provide $2,000,000 in funding to the Fort Wayne Redevelopment Authority to conduct remediation activities on a brownfield site in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The activities under this agreement include cleaning up the brownfield site, procuring a qualified environmental...